|
Windfalls and pitfalls: A taxing tale for palm oil
CPO Futures Expected To Trade Slightly Lower Next Week After Price Rally
Malaysia Palm Oil Outlook To Stay Bullish On Strong Exports, High CPO Prices
CPO futures seen trading cautiously ahead of MPOB data
Thailand tries to boost bio-diesel consumption
28/01/07 BANGKOK (TNA) - In an attempt to boost consumption of alternative energy which could reduce oil imports, the Energy Ministry has set a revised bio-diesel consumption target on consumption at 500,000 litres per day this year with at least another 300 service stations to be set up nationwide.
New RM25mil biotech centre will provide further impetus for Felda
29/01/07 (The Star) - FELDA Agricultural Services Sdn Bhd is set to push into new frontiers with its RM25mil biotechnology centre in Negri Sembilan, to be launched by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tomorrow.
Downward pressure on palm oil
Basir Ismail dies at 80
20/107 (NSTP) - TAIPING: Tan Sri Basir Ismail, one of the country's leading corporate figures, died early yesterday.
Plantations: Floods have minimal impact on earnings
21/1/07 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUUR: LISTED plantation companies with large oil palm estates in flood-struck Johor expect the disaster to have a negligible impact on their full year earnings for 2006 and 2007.
Flood boon to CPO
22/1/07 (The Star) - FOREIGN brokerages expect the flood situation in Johor to give a short-term boost in the price of crude palm oil (CPO).
Cutting trans fats confounds chains
21/1/07 ( Pioneer Press) ATLANTA - Unhappy customers started calling soon after McDonald's announced plans in 2002 to reduce trans fats in french fries.
EU bio-fuel demand threatens Indonesian forests
18/1/07 JAKARTA (AFP) - Growing European Union demand for bio-fuel could threaten Indonesia's last remaining forests as the government approves new palm oil plantations, environmental group Greenpeace warned.
Malaysian firm launches IPO for first-ever oil palm plantation
15/1/07 (AP) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Boustead Properties on Monday launched a 229.7 million ringgit (US$64.5 million, Ã?54 million) initial public offer of Malaysia's first-ever oil palm plantation real estate investment trust.
